Water-line trap



2 1 927 R. WINTON WATER LINE TRAP Filed A 5r11 1a 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

CONNECT/UN I J. R. wm'rou mm: LINE Tau 2 Sweats-Sheet 2 7/fi///////////// ////////////Z tercept -re'fuse 1n the'line and-may he made Patented Oct; 25, 1927; t:

' WATER-E NE ECRQ Q fTh isili-vention relates to a novel and im pioyed trap for use 111 a- Wa'terhn'e an'd'has for its primary object to prQ' ide a trap 'Of' thishchzifmter s 0 arrange'dthat it will" in tb dislehafgethe same Without interference withthe'fs tipply ofwvaterJ still.further object of my invention is rto g prdyide ineans to clean'a a n d'b yiise 'of the Water passing.

Y 'iient nd e ie tra i'Iezinirikg me n; spfthat all the valy'es which must be oper jt'ed during the cleantng be operated in the PT eI-Qmthne'I' Inthe'accompanyhig drawings In WhlCh I hett e jshowh select d embodiments ofr ny in Vefitien, Fig. l is an elevation of my inventlqn a s pp edzto fiQhsy i m-I 1. Fig. 2' is a plan iew of 'the'elinho thment s own-:ini

'thretigl'l the suresystem v a Referring howto the ,dmwlil'gsf and, parhaive'sho n myft ap eis, applied to a suction bQTSBfQIId A. Each chamber and & isfi'n the water-line, the jelm'ifibi- 3" being 9911- 7 ec ed'to t ei k y ean if fw l e 1 g'n'dTtO the "pump 01* outlet by' the pipe Simila'ply thephambe'r 4 taper n -@661 tq th intake; hy-the pipe 7 and to the pump by the .p1 p e 8. lt will be noted that the' 'pipes practically straight line and this isfa gre fer-able arrapgeme'l'lt' although not e'ssefitltl.

The 'fchanfibr is provided 'l'with a j supply tivelJye. Ba ch chamber? and has airra ng'ed Water-line trap 10 witidht'iigtl tuptidn of the' supp1y of Water stillfurther objeetis ,to pl 'ovide c011 means for operatmg'the v v 'bemg undjerst'ood that thefsupply 11 fi is i- 1 uc f i m h ism 'ij i ni t i l" 5', w nte'd. 1 Pi t t," i l I ma adyto, Figs; 1,

stoedfthztt the c ambers is nev rthig bythe coyerplatel li V I The pipes "fqrmifig the ai'iQflS COimeC- tlns are provided withfsjlitableQVQLIV 25 as best shown in Figs; [It U be see that the va'l es iii the Iiipfefs "f 8' ate Open at the same time $61 as to n Vide ail- UnihtferrllPtiadflowfif wttteifit eflthigqugh and the ame istrule b f, he-V21 es ifnf gth'e pipes 5' and When' t-heSe' V'es fefr pi n he a ve nit f 'j PPIy an charge lines 9,- 10,;111 and 12' c'll aiid ll a re ejonnectefd to any suit ab1e"s Wits p y t h is a e FQ h pump, anfl the discharge lines 10 and 12 If'e Connected to ahyfuitable d-isehatgef a s m y be Oi a y l tib i "fo m; b'litffl prefer t'o use-(1. ty'pe sfiehfzxls that'illustiiatefl unison so ts to {be operated by pile h H v n r s onnec d-?tQi t ear" 1s alves-1W, w 1 l n s 16- ,rQ rwf' h S deviges is provided for batch off the chm Witih- In'the p ration iof'jthe device th s'cribed'itis custbma'ry te-ha 've 'Ohjehra 013 fo med for example by the chaihhef 3 1 19 .55 :fli 6; OS lby T 11 I tvshb m me th 1 w through the other branch, it be means for deing this wjvithout more theme the ehamher 4, the valves in pip 5 ah-(i6 are opened by operation of th'e ha'ndl-e 17 011 that eide [of the easing the game pper atioh JOHN m i'w CHIeA d, Inmate, Asst-emit TOMEQIANIGAL'm litiamen closing the valves in the supply line and .valves shown in Fig. 3. and water flows through the chamber 3. Of courseif de sired the other valves in the pipes and 6 referred to. above as not shown, may be omitted and .placed inthe supplylines and discharge lines but such valves should be provided in one set of pipes leading in and chamber 23. When it is desired to clean the trap thevalve in the discharge outlet 22 is out of each chamber.

Waternow is flowing through the chamber 3 from the source of supply to the pump and operation of the handle 17 on the other side of the casing will cause closing of the valves in the pipes 7 and 8 and opening of the valvesin the supply and discharge lines 11 and-12 respectively; The suction of the pump ;is not disturbed because it i'sstill taking water through the chamber 3. When the ,valve in the supply line 11 is open water is admitted and strikes the upper surface of the/screen 14. The screen 14. is held,

- in inclined position in the screen chamber between'a' corner in the wall of the chamber and intercepts any foreign matter contained in the water flowing through the chamber from the source of supply. When the dis charge valve from the screen chamber and the flush valve for the screen chamber are opened Whatever foreign matter is collected in the'screen chamber and on the underside ofthe-screen will be discharged from the chamber. The handle 17 on this side of the casing is again operated to close the valves in the supply and discharge lines 11 and 12 and. to, open those in the p pes 7 and 8 thus restoringthese four valves to the position shown in Fig. 3. i The entire operation takes only a few seconds at the mos'tandthe trap isthoroughly cleaned without any interruption Tw'hatsoe'ver'to thejsupply of water.

Thevalves (not shown) which connect the pipes 7 and 8 to the main line may then be .5

again opened and those which control the flow of water through the pipes 5 and 6 and the. chamber 3 may be againclosed, or if desired the flow of water may be maintained through both of the chambers .3 and 4:- When it is desired to clean the chamber ;3

obviously the same set of operationsis followed...

; Referring now to Fig 5 I have shown therein an embodiment of my. invention adapted for use in a pressure systemwherein the water is supplied from the pump to the pipe 18 in' which is placed a valve 19. The screen 14 in this embodiment is placed in a casing 20 generally similar to the casing the discharges 10 and 12. In this form only one chamber 23 is necessary as there is no suction to be preserved. r

The operation of this form of my invention may be briefly described as follows: The valves being normally'in the positions shown in Fig. 5 thewater enters the trap through the, pipe 18' and out through the pipe 21 the screen interrupting refuse, which-is deposited in the bottom of the opened momentarily and the refuse in the chamber is discharged, this discharge being aided by the fact that the water entering clination of the screen is particularly adapt- After the water is shut ed. for this result. off for the day or at a. time when it can conveniently be shut off thevalve 19 is closed v andthe valve 2 1 is opened thus permitting the waterwhich has passed through the trap to flow back through the pipe 21 and thus clean the screen lby' pressure from the up per side thereof so as to dislodge any refuse which may. have become stuck thereon. This water which flows back through the trap is clean having once been screened and thus the screen itself will'be thoroughly cleaned. V

' From the above it will beapparent that I have provided a trap which may be readily installed in a water-line with a minimum of expense and which will be most efiici'ent in operation requiring substantially 'nointerruption of the supply of water tovclean' the same and being capable of cleaning in a very short time, a'few seconds at the most.

by a simple manual operation. 'All that is necessary is to open or close a few valves and by the arrangement shown in Figs. '1 to 4 lnclusive this labor may be greatly reduced.

In any casethe valves are all'close together i and it is a very simple matterto operate them.

lVhileI have described my inventionas o-ffuse in connection .with a water-line, it is obvious that its use is by no means thus restrioted, as it may be employed wherever it isdesired to screen a fluid. Moreover it will be noted that the screen 14 is placed at such an angle in respect to the normal course of water or other fluid flowing therethrough that any refuse which: strikes the screen will be deflected to the bottom of the chamber and any refuse which is caught by the screen will tend to be dislodged by the fluid strik 7 ing the screen. v

.,I am aware that changes in the form, construction and arrangement o'f parts may be made without departing from the spirit and without sacrificing the advantages of the inlet so that the underside of the screen obstructs the inflow of'water and filters the 7 Water through the outlet, a valve in each of a discharge line connected to the bottom of a screen arranged'm sald caslngsaid casing, and disposed vertically to the intake and out? said lines, and means arranged on said casing and pivotally connected'toeach-of said valves whereby the intake andoutlet lines are opened and the supply and discharge lines are closed simultaneously with the opening of said intake and outlet lines.

2. A" Water line trap comprising a casing,

' intake and outlet lines for said casing, a sup ply line connected to the top of said casing, a d i schargeline connected to the bottom-oi said casing, a screen arranged the scope insaid casingand disposed vertically to the intake and outlet lines so that the underside of the ters the water for the outlet, a: valve in each screen obstructs theinflow of water and filof said lines, a spider pivotally connectedto' said casing,- li'nks pivotally connecting said valves'to said spider, and a handle onsaid spiderfor operating said valves'simultane-i l ously to open the valves in two of sald line's and closingflsaid othervalves whereby said i screen may be cleaned bythedischargeof water from the'supply line passing through the casingv and out of tliedischargcline 3. A water line trap comprising a casing and forming a chamber, an intake line lead ing to said chamber, an outlet line opposite: to said intake and forming an outlet from casing and communicating withsaid chamber, a discharge line connected to said casiing anddisposed opposite said supply line, a valve in each of said lines, and a spider connected to all of saidvalves, whereby ope ration of said spider will simultaneously close the valves in two oppositely disposed lines and open the valves inthe'other lines. a l 7 JOHN R WINTON.

said chamber, a supply line connected to said; 

